Princeton preppy accused in soccer star brother's gruesome murder heads to court: What to know
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Matthew Hertgen, the Princeton, New Jersey, man accused of killing his brother, Joseph Hertgen, and a family cat is set to appear in court for the first time Thursday.
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Hertgen is expected to appear virtually for a remote pretrial detention hearing in Mercer County on Thursday morning. Due to bail reform in New Jersey, criminal defendants are either charged under a summons and allowed to go home until their court date, or they are charged under a warrant and held in custody until a pretrial detention hearing.
"The prosecutor's office, in this case the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, will decide whether they want to detain you or release you," David Gelman, CEO of Gelman Law and former prosecutor in New Jersey, told Fox News Digital. "If you're detained, then you have to have a detention hearing, which is happening tomorrow. And at the detention hearing, they are going to bring up evidence. It's almost like a mini trial."
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